188 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on new 



Microhyla Butleri. 



Habit slender. Snout rounded, as long as the orbit ; inter- 

 orbital space broader than the upper eyelid. Fingers and 

 toes rather slender, the tips dilated into small but well deve- 

 loped disks ; first finger much shorter than second ; toes 

 webbed at the base ; subarticular tubercles small ; two very 

 small metatarsal tubercles. The tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaches the eye. Skin smooth. Grey on the back, pale 

 reddish on the sides and limbs, with symmetrical dark brown 

 markings forming bars on the limbs ; some small scarlet 

 spots on the sides ; a whitish oblique streak from the eye to 

 the base of the fore limb and a whitish spot on the end of the 

 snout; whitish beneath, throat and breast speckled with dark 

 brown. 



From snout to vent 21 millim. 



A single specimen from the Larut Hills at 4000 feet. Se- 

 langor Museum. 



Closely allied to M. achatina. Distinguished by the 

 shorter limbs. 



Microhyla annectens. 



Habit slender. Snout rounded, as long as the orbit ; inter- 

 orbital space broader than the upper eyelid. Fingers and 

 toes moderately slender, the tips dilated into rather large 

 disks ; first finger much shorter than second ; toes half- 

 webbed ; subarticular tubercles feebly prominent; a very 

 small inner metatarsal tubercle. Hind limb remarkably long, 

 the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching far beyond the tip of the 

 snout; tibia two thirds length of head and body. Skin 

 smooth. Brown above, with symmetrical blackish light- 

 edged marking's, a large one on the back being produced to 

 between the eyes, where it expands into a transverse bar ; 

 side, from the shoulder to the lumbar region, black, with 

 sharply defined upper outline ; an oblique whitish streak from 

 below the eye to the base of the fore limb; a blackish spot at 

 the knee, a dark cross-bar on the thigh, another on the femur, 

 and a third on the tarsus ; lower parts closely marbled with 

 dark brown. 



From snout to vent 15 millim. 



Several specimens from the Larut Hills at 4000 feet. 



This species connects M. achatina with M. Berdmorii. 



Gehyra larutensis. 



Body and limbs moderately elongate. Head oviform ; 

 snout a little longer than the distance between the eye and 



